Washington, DC-based nonprofit Future of Music Coalition interviewed 80 different musicians and composers, conducted nearly a dozen financial case studies, and ran an online survey completed by over 5000 musicians to uncover . . . [...]
Do you use Twitter? Rdio? Spotify? iTunes? Do you want to discover new music? Do you want to know what’s trending right now amongst other music listeners around the world? Do you want a comprehensive page that let’s your social network know what you’re listening to and sharing via social [...]
IFPI Publishes Digital Music Report 2012 Download the IFPI Digital Music Report 2012 HERE Download the IFPI Digital Music Report 2012: Key Facts and Figures HERE The following is from the website of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) London, 23rd January 2012 “Digital music goes global in [...]
The following is a keynote address by Michael Geist (Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law) at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg on January 27, 2012 that discusses the role of digital activism in countering bills like SOPA and the ongoing copyfight over the use of WIPO, [...]
Zoe Keating Avant-cellist | San Francisco, CA Visit website. Learn more. Andrew Bird Songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist | Chicago, IL Visit website. Learn more. Kaki King Percussive Fingerstyle Guitarist + Lap Steel Player | Brooklyn, NY Visit website. Learn more. Mich Gerber Bassist, Composer | Bern, Switzerland Visit website. Learn more. Owen Pallett Composer, Violinist, [...]
April 25th-27th 2011, Boston Berklee College of Music MIDEM In Association With: Berkman Center for Internet & Society Harvard Business School Here are some great behind the scenes interviews by Berkleemusic.com during the Rethink Music conference in Boston: Inside Rethink 2011: Tod Machover on Hyperinstruments Inside Rethink 2011: EMI’s Maggie Martin on [...]
Inspired by the many moving talks that I’ve watched and listened to via TED over the years, I’ve compiled a selection of talks related to music in an effort to substantiate why, how and where it matters. Here are the TEDTalks in no particular order: Tod Machover and Dan Ellsey [...]
Two weekends ago, I came across a small and inconspicuous write up in the business section of The Globe and Mail, which presented four striking statistics from a recent report published by the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) on digital music. Having no prior knowledge of who the IFPI [...]
Last night I was reading this exclusive white paper from MIDEM 2011, which led me to reading up on this guy at Forrester Research, which then led me to discover the recently published, 2010 Music Website Heat Map (below) at one of the most fascinating, relevant and attractive blogs on [...]